Enslaved People Named: Old Nancy, Little Nancy, London, Luck, Winter, Chloe, Bristol
On December 13, 1806, Liberty County Sheriff Joseph Jones finalized the sale to Charles Banks for $1000 of “Old Nancy, Little Nancy, London, Luck, Winter, Chloe and Bristol.” Jones had seized them from the estate of George Johnson based on a writ of fieri facias resulting from foreclosure of a mortgage against Elizabeth Johnson, the administratrix of Johnson’s estate. George Johnson had given the mortgage to Charles Banks and Joshua Lockwood for $1588.61 and had had an open account with them of $245.92. Sheriff Jones put them up for public auction at the Riceborough courthouse on April 1, 1806, and Charles Banks was the highest bidder. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court in December 1806.
Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book F (1804-1809), p. 143-4. Image #237-8 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J968-2?i=236)